Bleaching After Aceobacter Infection

[mshergold]

I'm sure that following an infection a while ago I posted a request for information on the best way to clean everything and at least one person replied with the ratio of bleach to water, but I can't find it. Can ayone refresh my memory?

[jonnyt]

I'd get some thin bleach, use a clean cloth and wipe it neat all over the FV and leave for 15 minutes.
Then add some warm maybe a couple of litres water, a little more Bleach and slosh about and leave for another 15 minutes, sloshing one or twice

If that doesn't kill the bacteria I'd be very surprised!

[mshergold]

Thanks for your help jonnyt. Thinking about it, the message I posted was on another forum for cleaning a fridge after I had a disaster from making pancetta and that for my brewing kit, I diluted acording to the instructions on the bottle. I should have said that I need to sanitise the polypin I put the infected beer in. Obviously my hands are too big to get inside it, so I'll pour neat bleach inside and swirl to ensure every part is covered.

[Aleman]

Try hot water, acetobacter is susceptible to heat so as long as you can get it above 65C you should kill it off effectively

[mshergold]

Thanks Aleman. How long do you need to keep the water above 65c?